Bertolami Fine Art - Máchova 838, Vinohrady 18, 120 00 Prague
Presale Auction 391 – RES PVBLICA, IMPERIVM, BYZANTIVM Auction 391 (single-session sale)
Thursday 2 July 2026 hours 15:00 (UTC +01:00)
Basil I (867-886) with Constantine, Solidus, Constantinopolis; AV (4,45 g; 19 mm; 7 h)
+ IhS XPS RЄX RЄςNANTIςM ∗ Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of gospels in his left. Rv. bASILIOS ЄT COSTAnT' AЧςς b Facing busts of Basil, on left, and Constantine, on right, both crowned and wearing loros and chlamys respectively and holding between them a patriarchal cross. DOC 2b; Sear 1704. Extremely fine.